Today, when decorating an apartment with furniture, more emphasis is placed on the minimum amount of it in the room. Especially when this furniture is designed to be placed in one of the most important rooms - the living room. In such a room, most of the events related to the reception of guests take place. Therefore, it is not in vain that so much time is devoted to making the living room cozy and functional. It usually houses a music system and a television at least.
Functions of the slide wall
Slide - living room furniture that can fully satisfy many needs. Such convenient furniture sets successfully house television equipment and a music center, dishes intended for receiving guests, books by favorite authors, and collectibles. And itβs not worth talking about all kinds of modern decorative figurines and the like cute little things - there are such in every slide for the living room. The presence of additional niches, storage shelves and hidden drawers helped the hill win a huge number of supporters.
Your personal choice
A wide variety of models is replenished with new solutions of this type of furniture, which makes the selection of the wall much easier. To select your individual option, it is first of all necessary to decide what you will place in your new wall. Modern wall slides installed in the living room are not burdened by certain dogmas. The design primarily takes into account its functionality, laconic external design. Everything else is up to you. In this article we will consider what parameters should choose this type of furniture.
Types of wall-slides: how not to make a mistake when choosing?
When choosing a modern slide for the living room, give preference to that model that can satisfy not only your aesthetic needs. Another important point is the strength of the model and its features during assembly. Slides are linear, angular, there are also modular options.
Reliable stationary
A stationary slide for the living room is suitable when there is a place for a volumetric housing element. And also for the living room, which has a flat floor. The fact is that this type of slide has a fastened casing by the type of walls from the eighties of the last century. Also, before buying this slide, meticulously measure the place where you plan to place your new furniture. In the case of incorrect measurements, you cannot quickly "fit" this furniture under the premises. Choose the dimensions of the case so that your stylish living room is not cluttered with a slide due to the exorbitant amount of acquisition. You should try to avoid the development of another option - your roller coaster is not visible in the huge living room. So we measure and measure again.
Modules
Modular furniture is a wall-slide in the living room in a modern style. The modules have shelves, cabinets and wall cabinets. These elements can be easily moved and placed according to your needs or the designer's idea. These component slides for the living room can have blocks of the same color or the same design. Any sizes can be selected. It is allowed to place shelves and cabinets as you like. The depth of the cabinets and shelves can be selected according to your needs. In the case of modular furniture, it does not matter that it is on the same level. Nothing will violate the general aesthetic appearance of the room if the slide is installed in the living room in a modern style from individual elements. It is impossible to overload a room with elements-modules if the room has a sufficient area.
Built-in slide
This type of furniture is a group of objects united by several common elements, upper and lower parts. The main feature of the built-in slide is the lack of decorative external details. Often, instead of the side and top panels of furniture, this function is performed by the floor, ceiling and walls. For the effect of a self-located slide, external false panels are created. Such a slide is suitable in the living room, the style of which is closer to the classics. Such furniture can easily ennoble openings and all kinds of niches. Also, with some features of walls and floors, built-in options will save the situation. One big minus that this type of slide has is its cost. Such furniture is produced only under an individual order, and therefore is not cheap.
Corner models
Slides in the living room in a modern style (photo above) can also have an angular design. The most suitable option for small rooms. Despite the exterior is quite compact in appearance, such a slide is distinguished by roomy cabinets and blocks. In rooms, the length of which is greater than the width, the placement of such a slide will help balance this drawback. The television stand is placed in a corner, shelves are already hung on the sides of it and racks are placed. A wardrobe can be located in the corner zone not bad - then the television part of the slide will be on one of the sides. A closet in the corner is a great welcome. It is much more spacious than its standard counterparts, and is able to hide in its bowels a lot of clothes and other necessary things. Corner models are also often made to order. But even if you managed to get this type of slide, then most likely you will need the help of a professional so that the installation is correct and the cabinet is organically integrated into the corner zone of your living room. By purchasing such furniture, you must have on hand the dimensions of your angle.
Mini slide
Modern wall-mounted slides in the living room (photo above) of compact dimensions save small rooms from cluttering with cupboards, and at the same time organically place some things that need storage. Its height does not reach the ceiling, as is usually the case with full-sized slides of the standard type. In fairly spacious rooms with small niches, it is also possible to install a mini-wall. Most often, such sets consist of one or two cabinets, offered for equipment, a tall narrow cabinet or chest of drawers, and several shelves on top above the place where you plan to install the TV. Shelves and cabinets are allowed to have both an open structure for storing decorative objects and books, and a closed one, which allows you to hide from prying eyes what is on the shelves. Such a mini-slide will help you, if necessary, to create a separate zone in the room with certain functions. Alternatively, this could be the place for family-friendly movie and TV shows.
Slide Wall Material
Slides for the living room (photo above) are most often made from materials with a wood component - particleboard and MDF boards. A cheaper option, of course, is chipboard material. The plate itself is made of sawdust, well compressed and fixed with not very environmentally friendly adhesives. Such glue contains substances released during the operation of furniture that are harmful to human health. During processing, the type of such a plate is easily broken, which does not contribute to the implementation of a quality product from it.
Advantages of MDF boards
MDF boards are a more modern material that does not cause such harm to the health of people who will be in a room with a headset. Despite the fact that they are also compressed from sawdust, due to more modern production technologies, structures of any configuration are easily made from these plates. Durability and appearance are good excuses for the price of this material. A slide from a MDF board is slightly more expensive than from a chipboard. If you apply wood veneer coating to the MDF board, then in appearance it will be a very decent design, almost indistinguishable from furniture made of wood.
The color scheme of the slide
The color directions of the design of the slide for the living room (photo above) are presented in most cases by four options:
- Plain design. This is when the elements of the slide have the same color, but it is possible to add variations of the shades derived from this color. For example, gray, diluted with all shades of its color, or brown. For a more advantageous exterior design, it is permissible to dilute the main shade with black or white. You need to be careful with black - he is able to "eat" the whole room in the room. If the living room is small and is located on the north or west side, black will most likely have to be abandoned.
- Harmonious type. Elements of a suitable shade according to the color palette are added to the main color.
- Contrast color scheme. Done in different colors, but look good together. It can be pink and gray, blue and yellow.
- Classic. The most popular for a large number of people will be the classic color direction. Furniture of such colors creates a cozy atmosphere for relaxation. The basic ones are colors that repeat the color of wood: cherry, beech and oak.
Finishing slides for the living room
You can highlight your wall-slide by applying some design elements suitable for this type of furniture. For sale are models decorated with photo printing located on the laminated surfaces of the facade. You can also purchase slides, the mirror elements of which are engraved, giving elegance to the whole design. Glass inserts made of tinted glass accentuate the contemporary style. Such decorative elements can be made of colored glass, as well as of ordinary, white. Some slides of modern design will look good with the presence of different carved fittings with a thin golden coating. If your living room belongs to the hi-tech style, then chrome details, as well as elements of silver shades, will be relevant in this case. The backlight located around the perimeter of the case or inside some niches and cabinets will be a win-win option in the modern design of the slide. External elements of the decor may include items of your personal collection that you place on the open or glazed shelves of the headset. However, be aware of the measure in everything. Design should be combined with the overall design of the room.
The color of the slide and its perception
Let's study how a person perceives the colors of furniture in a house.
Most often, furniture, including slides for the hall, is made in a brown color palette. Hues are found from almost black to light beige.
- Do you want to evoke a feeling of stability, comfort and confidence in your family? Then brown is what we need at the moment. This truly universal color is able to blend harmoniously into any interior. It makes spacious rooms more comfortable. It looks good in a duet with beige color, with white, and in some cases quite well with blue and green elements.
- The black. The emphasis on the black details of the slide is able to bring harmony to the interior. In the event that the walls have a very light shade, such a slide will be the central element that completes the entire color composition. But beware of the predominance of black in the design of the room and the model of your slide. A large number of this color can easily increase anxiety. Consider one more important detail - the gloss black looks much easier than matte models.
- The color for creating the backdrop for brighter furniture in your living room is gray. Shades from completely dark to pearl gray look harmonious, highlighting cherry, pink, purple and other bright elements of the slide.
- A slide of white color can add visual space and air to the room. A truly universal color, with many warm and cool shades that can perfectly match all the colors of the rainbow. Now white furniture is gaining popularity among buyers.
Beige. Another universal color, like white, and also has proven itself in combination with any of the bright colors. Beige, unlike white, is liked because it does not create a sense of "sterility" in the room. Its warm shades, on the contrary, add lightness, without depriving comfort. Beige is perceived more easily than even the lightest of browns. The combination of a beige slide with brown elements is at the same time cosiness, lightness and a sense of comfort.
When choosing a color scheme for your slide in the living room, remember also that the different surfaces of the furniture set, even if they are the same color, look completely different.